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Photo #: NH 41667

"Great White Fleet" World cruise

Rainy deck on a battleship's deck, taken in port in 1908.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 68871

USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)

View on the ship's fore deck, looking aft, possibly taken in
San Francisco Bay, California, on 8 May 1908. Connecticut
was flagship during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise
of 1907-1909.
Note the large illuminated letters installed on the ship's bridge
face, spelling out her name for exhibition purposes. "Great
White Fleet" ships were so-fitted during their visit to
San Francisco.

Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco,
California, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 52813

Atlantic Fleet Staff Officers

On board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), 1907.
These officers are (from left to right):

With other officers on the bridge of his flagship, USS Connecticut
(Battleship # 18), during the "Great White Fleet" World
cruise, 1908.
Sperry is one of the officers seated in the center.
Another battleship is visible in the left center distance.